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From: plains!umn-cs!LOCAL!thornley@uunet.UU.NET (David H. Thornley)
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Subject: Re: Military reference books
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Date: 18 May 91 18:30:29 GMT
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From: plains!umn-cs!LOCAL!thornley@uunet.UU.NET (David H. Thornley)


tek@CS.UCLA.EDU (Ted Kim) writes:
>For warships, Jane's departs from their usual naming pattern, using
>the name "Jane's Fighting Ships". (Actually since this book was
>published long before most of the other Jane's guides, the other
>titles should be considered departures in naming style.) Be warned

To nitpick, I have a replica copy of the 1898 Jane's All the World's
Fighting Ships, but my 1905-1906 replica copy is Jane's Fighting
Ships.  Therefore, Fighting Ships is the departure from the naming style.

DHT